Author Topic: Captain Blood's Perry Mounted Men at Arms. P.156 Scots pike block painted (Read 593588 times)

Captain Blood · « **Reply #555 on:** July 02, 2012, 06:47:23 PM »

Thanks friends

Two more horsemen are under way... That will only leave 3 of my initial 18 builds left to paint... Better start thinking about what I'm going to do with the last 6 yet to be assembled... Need to do something different... Hmmm...

valleyboy · « **Reply #556 on:** July 03, 2012, 11:16:06 AM »

Quote from: Captain Blood on July 02, 2012, 06:47:23 PM

Thanks friends

Two more horsemen are under way... That will only leave 3 of my initial 18 builds left to paint... Better start thinking about what I'm going to do with the last 6 yet to be assembled... Need to do something different... Hmmm...

Richard -I've just been thinking how restrained you've been in dealing with this lot. I suppose I would have stuck them together any old how maybe with the odd token conversion in a day or so and then started on a mass painting

Your one or two at a time method certainly pays dividends in terms of quality and individuality and has been a joy to watch. Where did you get all this patience from and how on earth do you maintain it though

(I ask because I always seem to be in a hurry to finish something - for me the analogy of how I approach painting could be summed up a bit like travelling on a lovely scenic journey but driving so fast trying to get there quickly that I miss the enjoyment and point of the journey

You on the other hand seem to be really enjoying this journey. I probably need to rethink my leapile)

Captain Blood · « **Reply #557 on:** July 03, 2012, 05:30:39 PM »

Thanks Kerry

Well for me, the best bit about these figures is dreaming up how to get the very best out of them, so it's no chore as far as I'm concerned. It's an enjoyable little creative process, and like all good things, better savoured than rushed

I think the raw components of these Perry sets are so good, that it's a sin to just bosh them together any old how. But that's just me. I appreciate lots of people will be perfectly happy with 40 serviceable foot figures or 12 horsemen assembled in one sitting.

Stubbornness when it comes to maintaining a standard, trumps impatience!

Bugsda · « **Reply #558 on:** July 03, 2012, 11:54:31 PM »

Quote from: Captain Blood on July 03, 2012, 05:30:39 PM

Stubbornness when it comes to maintaining a standard, trumps impatience!

Ah so, Zen and the art of figure assembly

Now sling that paint Richard, we're waiting

Captain Blood · « **Reply #559 on:** July 16, 2012, 01:09:23 PM »

Well, sorry for the hiatus, but there's been a lot of real life, work, and other commitments getting in the way, and sadly this is likely to remain the case for the next few weeks. So my pace on this project has slowed somewhat... I do have a few more figures on the go though...

Here's the finished 'pricker' from the retinue of Sir Roger De Brassey, Lord of Tandridge.